Homeowner Forum / Construction / August 2007

I looked at a 16 ft. diameter, 45 ft circumference and 10 ft. height for an
existing Redwood Water Tank.
It is full of water.........
It is supported underneath by 4x6 and posts about everywhere.

purchased 6X6 pressure treated (Georgia/Pacific) 12 foot pine studs
from Lowes.
needed only 9 foot studs so I sawed off 3 feet to discover that
pressure treatment

Is there any free software for drawing a plot site for a building
permit?

I have the opportunity to build an inside shower in a private location
right up against trees 2 stories in the air.  I would like to have
clear glass as two of the exterior walls of the shower making a kind
of treehouse shower.  This is in the northeast U.S. so they would need

I bought my first home a year ago. Built in the 1940's, fairly steep
shingled roof, newer alum. siding. Only thing is, it has no overhangs
at all, and I'm wondering if that is something I should be concerned
with? It does have a few vents on the high and low portions on the

I'm rebuilding the hearth on my fireplace from S&H - Stiles and Hart
(http://www.stilesandhart.com) clay brick.  I've never worked with
clay brick before and am surprised to find that the dimensions aren't
anywhere near uniform.  My primary concern is that the width of the

I am adding an attached garage to my house.  Currently the wiring for
a hot tub and a GFCI outlet runs in EMT conduit to the edge of the
house and transistions to sch 40 PVC conduit where it enters the
ground.  The slab for the new garage has a 4 1/2" stem wall and I want

What is the best way to anchor a 2x4 bottom plate of a stud wall to a
double 2x8 beam running between two posts?  Most of the anchoring
information I have seen deals with anchoring sill plates into CONCRETE
foundations.

I have a half basement and half crawl space. There is a Sump pump
pumping water outside  and there is another in by the Heating unit.
The distance between the two pumps is 20 ft.
Recently i noticed that the carpet near the heating unit was wet. I

I am building foundations out of bricks for a 10'x10' garden shed over
an existing patio.  I want the shed to sit one bricks height above the
patio to allow for ventilation.  Th patio is not quite level with
about a 2" varience over the 10' of the shed's width.  I have started

I'm installing a wood window in a basement where the wood frame
cripple walls are about 3.5' tall.  To maximize window height I cut
out a 1' tall section of the foundation, and the window will sit in
the cutout on a PT 2x6 sill plate.  What is the proper flashing detail

    I have been researching chimney lining to determine whether this huge
expense is really necessary.  (Most houses this is not a huge expense, for us
it is $2500 per chimney, plus everything ends up costing at least twice what
is originally quoted, so we are probably looking at ...

I laid Armstrong vinyl compostion tiles in my basement. It all came
out well except that there is some left over glue in spots. What is my
best option to get the glue up ?  I wish to strip and polish the tiles
soon.

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